SoundSight creates headphones that also record 1080p video

What’s the number one feature you look for in a new set of headphones? Sound quality is probably near the top. Comfort? That’s up there, too. The ability to record 1080p video? That one might not have made your list.

But that’s not stopping SoundSight from whipping up one of the craziest sets of cans you’ve ever seen… or is that the craziest set of cans that’s ever seen you?

They start out as a set of fairly standard on-ear headphones. They’re equipped with Bluetooth, and there’s something SoundSight calls an accumulator in one side that stores and supplies power to the rest of the system. It sounds a lot like a battery, but “accumulator” does have a mystique about it.

On the other side sits the SoundSight camera. It’s mounted on a rotating disc so that you can angle it for the perfect perspective — as long as that’s in front of or behind what you’re looking at. It’s a bit like a GoPro for more mellow pursuits. You wouldn’t necessarily want to use these to show your adoring fans what it looks like when you headbang during the chorus of Pantera’s Walk, for example.

Or maybe you would, it’s really your call. If you’re going to spend $500 ($350 if you move fast) on a pair of video-recording headphones, why not? You’ll also be able to record studio-quality audio of your environment, thanks to SoundSight’s six (yes, six) integrated microphones and noise-cancelling chops.

The pièce de résistance? They’re able to livestream via the SoundSight app. It could actually make SoundSight a pretty cool way for DJs to connect with their fans.